Michael Wood
American academic and writer
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
There's probably no such thing as entirely neutral language: I'm afraid bias-free language is rarer than we like to believe. Not because we can't reach it, but because we don't want it enough, and because most of our favorite prejudices are hidden from us. We think they're the truth. Offensive language is more than bias; it's bias having a good time.
—Michael Wood, American academic and writer, The New York Times, May 21, 1995
Posted on January 22, 2004 at 7:42 PM
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
Language always tells long stories if we listen; it's littered with the ways we look at things.
—Michael Wood, American academic and writer, The New York Times, May 21, 1995
Posted on January 13, 2004 at 3:09 PM
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